Consort Yuan (元妃; 1593–1612) of the

Bordered Yellow Banner The Bordered Yellow Banner () was one of the Eight Banners of Manchu military and society during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Bordered Yellow Banner was one of three "upper" banner armies under the direct command of the emperor hi ...

Niohuru The Niohuru (Manchu: ; in Manchu) were a prominent Manchu clan during the Qing dynasty. The clan had inhabited the Changbai Mountains since as early as the Liao dynasty. The clan was well known during the Qing dynasty for producing a variety of ...

clan, was the wife of

Hong Taiji Hong Taiji (28 November 1592 – 21 September 1643), also rendered as Huang Taiji and sometimes referred to as Abahai in Western literature, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizong of Qing, was the second khan of the Later Jin ...

. She was one year his junior. Later literatures have regarded her as Hong Taiji's first wife and primary consort.

Life

Family Background

* Father:

Eidu Eidu (Manchu: , , 1562–1622) was a Manchu officer and a member of the Niohuru clan. Family Consort and their respective issue(s): *Madame, of unknown clan (失姓氏夫人) **Banxi (班席), first son **Tuerxi (图尔席), ninth son *Madame, ...

(額亦都, 1562–1622) was a Manchu officer and a close associate of Nurhaci * 17 brothers ** Daqi (達啟/达启), Eidu's second son ** Turgei (圖爾格/图尔格，1594–1645), Eidu's eighth son; officer of Manchu armies during the reign of Hong Taiji **

Ebilun Ebilun (Manchu:, Mölendroff: ebilun; ; died 1673) was a Manchu noble and warrior of the Niohuru clan, most famous for being one of the Four Regents assisting the young Kangxi Emperor from 1661 to 1667, during the early Qing dynasty (1644–1912 ...

(d. 1673), served as one of the

Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor The Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor were nominated by the Shunzhi Emperor to oversee the government of the Qing dynasty during the early reign of the Kangxi Emperor before he came of age. The four were Sonin, Ebilun, Suksaha, and Oboi. Backgrou ...

* 5 younger sister ** Wife of Nikan ** Primary consort of

Jirgalang Jirgalang or Jirhalang (Manchu: 19 November 1599 – June 11, 1655) was a Manchu noble, regent, and political and military leader of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the Aisin Gioro clan, he was the sixth son of Šurhaci, a younger brother of ...

, fourth daughter

Wanli era

In the 21st year of

Wanli Emperor The Wanli Emperor (; 4 September 1563 – 18 August 1620), personal name Zhu Yijun (), was the 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1572 to 1620. "Wanli", the era name of his reign, literally means "ten thousand calendars". He was the ...

reign, Lady Niohuru was born. It is not known the time when Lady Niohuru married

and became his primary consort. In the 39th year of

reign, she gave birth to Lobohoi,

eight son, who would die prematurely in 1617.He didn't receive a posthumos name. After

become emperor, Lady Niohuru and Lady Ulanara were not named as empresses posthumosly.

Titles

* During the reign of

(1563–1620) ** Lady Niohuru (from 1593) ** Primary Consort (嫡福晋; from unknown date) * During the reign of

(r. 1626–1643) ** Consort Yuan (元妃)

Issue

*As a primary consort: ** Lobohoi (洛博會; 1611–1617), Hong Taiji's third son

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